It is an emergent tree, up to 50 m tall, in mixed dipterocarp forest on dry ridges.

However, it is nonetheless common in mountainous areas on relatively dry ridges, as well as on both the south and west sides of upper slopes.

When in the wild they can typically be found at the forest edge and popular on dry ridges.

Broadway, its main street, was not a "cow path" but a road intelligently placed on the highest, driest ridge of land.

This tree has some medicinal properties and lives in coastal areas, forests and dry ridges.

Knobcone pine is also common along some dry, rocky ridges.

Not a particularly common species, but it may be seen in swampy heathland, as well as dry ridges in mountain country.

In addition, humans have always used natural, high, and dry ridges for land transportation.

The landscape is dominated by a dry, sandy ridge.

The roads of Kakadu have been purposely built along dry ridges so that they may be passable in the wet season.